YOLO ain't a thing. It's a fallacy.

1st Peter Chapter 4 verses 1-6

You’ve lived 30 years of your life as a pagan who doesn’t know the true God. God? What God? You go through life, partaking in all that this world has to offer. YOLO to the max! Doing what you felt was right in your own eyes. You have no one to answer to and can do whatever you want with no consequences for your actions.  You give in to every desire until one day, you meet Jesus. 
 
That encounter changes you and the things you were into before are no longer alluring, for now you understand eternal death is the consequence for your actions. You have had this awesome encounter and now it all seems so different. The things you did in the past don’t bring the same pleasure. You see how empty it all was. Knowing that another had to die in your place to take your punishment, gives you a newfound desire to live not for your flesh, or to make others happy, but to live in the Spirit according to the will of God. 
 
In ancient times, Jews considered Gentiles unclean and repulsive. Describing them as “less than dogs”. Yet there would be “a light” for them and that Savior would bring them justice. “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.” “Therefore since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished with sin.” He has finished with sin once and for all, and filled with his Spirit, we too, can turn away from sin and toward the fullness of life offered in Jesus Christ.

YOLO ain't a thing. You don't only live once, there is life beyond the here and now. What we do in this life matters now and for eternity! Think like Jesus, love like Jesus and let the spirit guide you. Have you ever made decisions that were flesh driven? How did those flesh driven decisions impact your life? Have you had an encounter with Jesus and if so, did that encounter change your reaction to your flesh driven desires? Take a moment to ask Jesus to show you the ways you are led by flesh and not by the spirit. Ask Him to be a light into the darkness and thank Jesus for guiding you along the way.

Nikki Fiedler